Elkins The Manor Church Of The Holy Rood Junction To Junction Locketts Lane Buckland Newton DT2 7BU

P/TRC/2026/03434Tree Works- Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 27 July 2026

Council decision: Tree Works - CA - AcceptableDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

T1 Ash - Re pollard to previous pruning points T2 Ash - Reduce canopy by 2-3m T3 & T4 Poplar - Re pollard to previous pruning points T5 Sycamore - Re pollard to maintain sufficient clearance of power lines T6 Ash - Crown lift lower canopy to achieve a clearance of 3m from ground level to nearest foliage. Prune upper overextended branches back to canopy line by 1m T7 Field Maple - Prune encroaching branches away from property to maintain a sufficient clearance of 2m minimum T8 Hornbeam - Crown lift lower canopy to achieve a clearance of 3m from ground level to nearest foliage

Submitted: 24 June 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Dorset Council
Ward: Chalk Valleys Ward

ReceivedSubmitted24 Jun
ValidatedValidated24 Jun
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided27 Jul

Decided in 33 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Elkins The Manor Church Of The Holy Rood Junction To Junction Locketts Lane Buckland Newton DT2 7BU. Dorset has handled 5,931 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 9 days quicker than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Buckland Newton conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 95 applications across Chalk Valleys Ward. We hold 2,414 applications in total for the DT2 postcode area.

95% of trees applications at Dorset Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: DT2 7BU
Application type: Tree Works- Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Buckland Newton

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 10 Woodsford Close Crossways Dorchester DT2 8XS

Additional information

Documents: 10

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Buckland Newton Conservation AreaPart of the site
Listed building: Grade II: ElkinsOn this site
National Landscape (AONB): Dorset
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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15 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Dorset

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